03 Mar 1893
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1893
Page
1
The Richmond Register recounts how sand helps locomotives gain traction on slippery tracks. A yard roundhouse scene shows engines panting for journeys, sand fires and sand supply aiding grip on hills and frost. The piece ties sand to progress on Life’s schedule and the travel toward Flashtown.
Helen Chauncey, a hopeful writer in Judea Connecticut, faces repeated rejections from Le Siecle Magazine for Miss Booths Tea Caddy. After burning a draft in frustration, a friend intervenes and the letter finally offers a revision path and a potential 850 publisher’s check if the title and dialect are refined.
A Clinton dispatch reports a mass movement of hundreds of Livingston County farmers to Minnesota and western towns. Three trains are needed to ship families, goods, and stock along the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line. Prices soar from 59 to 100 an acre prompting sales to fund land purchases in Iowa or Minnesota.
Senate and House diary details numerous bills and votes across days. New senators Lindsay and Alan sworn in. SandryChul, Legislation, and Civil Appropriation measures advanced or passed. tributes paid to Spinola and Kenna. various appropriations, anti option debates, and district liquor bills noted with committee actions and adjournments in multiple sessions.
The text notes Samuel Strea appointed to be U S Senator from Florida with a legislative election forthcoming. It mentions Murcell and Pasesta, Washleton position, and a winter weather report describing heavy snow in the Swiss Alps disrupting transit and the Julley pass.
The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building dominates the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago with colossal Corinthian design. It covers nearly 1,000 acres of floor space, features four grand entrances, three wide gallery halls, and a vast central rotunda with a 139 foot ridge, plus extensive Aquaria attractions and decorative Spanish tile roofing.
The text reports large female workforces in cities like Atlanta and unions forming and dissolving. It notes losses from strikes between 1851 and 1857 totaling millions, threats by the Santa Fe Railway and other industries to discharge workers, and proposals for technical diplomas and central unions. It mentions pension funds, wage reductions, and organizational moves across multiple companies and regions.
A. C. Beckwith, Evanston citizen and Democrat, named United States Senator for two years by Governor Osborn after a legislative delay left the chamber unfilled. A Westerner with diverse ties, Beckwith previously held roles in the National War Labor Board and Cheyenne town council, built a life around banking, cattle, coal, timber, and horse breeding in Wyoming. He was born in New York about 60 years ago and moved west, settling in Alisaurd before shifting to Evanston near the Utah line.
Terrible calamity overtook the village of Gergely near Vals on the Danube about sixty miles south of Buda. Of 169 inhabitants, families fled to church and school as water rose. Priests and mothers prayed for safety while many perished and others were drawn away by the current. Rescue efforts by Paris citizens began but recovery was hampered by rising waters.
The Indiana named vessel was launched at Cramp and Sons Philadelphia yard with President and Cabinet members present. The ceremony featured Swiss Miller christening the ship Indiana, with a champagne bottle break and cheers as waves splashed the Delaware River. The ship, 10,285 tons, four 13 inch rifles, eight 8 inch rifles, nine 6 inch rifles, and multiple rapid fire guns, will be ready for service in about a year and joins the fleet with heavy armor and protective features.
President Harrison presided at a flag raising aboard the Inman Ling steamer New York in New York harbor. The ceremony drew a large patriotic crowd with Navy personnel, city officials, and a naval band as flags were hoisted and the president spoke about American merchant marine leadership.
Eastern and Alfiddie Stater report Cleveland naming Henry T. Thurber of Detroit as Private Secretary. The piece notes gaps in state debt figures and recalls other political moves, including New Jersey racing bills and Governor Vertes.
In Silesia near Dittersbach and Gornitz a derailment wrecked two raylore and eight carriages. Eight people died and several others were injured. In Rome authorities seized twenty anarchists at a bomb factory. M Junta Feuny spoke as President of the French Senate.
A special presidential train bound for New York collided with a local at Thirty second and Wolcott Streets Philadelphia killing four and injuring many. Notable rescuers included Congressman Robinson and fellow lawmakers from New York Maine Illinois Michigan and Indiana. The Harrison cabinet section stayed at Gray Ferry before the journey resumed.
A wall collapse at the burned dry goods store of John York at Halstead and Nineteenth streets in Chicago kills seven people and injures several more. Victims include William Kuots Mary Kuoz e John Behmidit Lette Behmidit Hattie Schmidt Pamina Montina George Mesterle and others. The injured include Mrs Carrie Schmid Annie Schmidt and Fred Kunz. A note about cholera ends the item.
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